Capsule preview: URI men at St. Joseph’s

The Rams are looking to build on their first Atlantic 10 win of the season with a victory in Philadelphia.

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Posted Jan. 21, 2014 @ 5:06 pm

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St. JOSEPH’S

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T.J. Buchanan

6-3

5.9

2.9

Chris Wilson

6-3

10.0

3.2

Xavier Munford

6-2

16.3

4.0

Langstn Galloway

6-2

17.9

4.8

Hassan Martin

6-7

4.5

4.1

Ronald Roberts

6-8

14.3

7.2

Gilvydas Biruta

6-8

10.9

7.2

Halil Kanacevic

6-8

10.4

8.3

E.C. Matthews

6-5

11.8

4.0

DeAndre Bembry

6-6

11.2

4.5

Key Reserves

Key Reserves

Ifeanyi Onyekaba

6-8

3.8

3.5

Papa Ndao

6-8

2.9

1.8

Biggie Minnis

6-2

5.1

2.5

Isaiah Miles

6-7

4.1

1.9

Jarelle Reischel

6-7

5.5

2.7

Daryus Quarles

6-6

3.2

1.5

THE

SCOUTING REPORT

RHODE ISLAND (10-9 overall, 1-3 A-10): The Rams are looking to build on their first Atlantic 10 win of the season with a victory in Philadelphia. Rhody beat George Mason at the Ryan Center, 71-69, in overtime. Munford poured in 28 points and both Biruta (17) and Matthews (14) scored in doubles figures as well…The 28 points are the most by Munford this season and his highest output since he poured in 30 points at Temple last March 2…Reischel has scored more than one field goal in only one of his last 11 games…Rams improved to 8-0 this season when scoring 70 or more points. URI is 13-1 under Dan Hurley when scoring 70 or more points…Rams will host the Hawks on Feb. 19.

SAINT JOSEPH’S (12-5, 2-1): The Hawks are coming off an 85-68 win at the Palestra over Pennsylvania for their first victory over a Big Five opponent. Saint Joe’s is 1-2 against Big Five foes with two games left against La Salle…Hawks have won three straight games and eight of nine overall including victories over George Mason and Duquesne in Atlantic 10 play…Hawks began the season 4-4 before going on their recent hot streak…Galloway hit six threes in the win over Penn and his team canned 10 3-pointers that sparked a 38-6 run. SJU hit 56 percent of its shots…Kanacevic has had double figures in points, rebounds and assists this season. He had 15 rebounds, 12 assists and 9 points against Penn.